Tile-drain inlet for surface water.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904-.

H N. NEIREITER. TILE DRAIN INLET FOR SURFACE WATER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1904.

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TILE-DRAIN INLET FOR SURFACE WATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,019, dated September 13, 1904. Application filed April 25, 1904. Serial No. 204,666. (No model.)

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catur, in the county of Adams, in the Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tile-Drain Inlets for Surface Water; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tile-drain inlets for surface water.

It is well known that the usual means of letting running surface water into tile drains is by a sink-basin built of brick, which is either soon knocked down by stock orsoon crumbles under the influence of frost and the elements to which it is exposed and also in times of freshets is soon filled or clogged by driftwood.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved inlet for running surface water for use with ordinary tile drains adapted to let the surface water in freely without danger of interference and derangement thereof by stock or by driftwood and is not affected by the elements.

My invention consists of a sectional and detachable inlet for running surface water, having a closing-capcand provided with a series of lateral perforations adapted to admit the water while excluding driftwood and the like.

The principal feature of my present inven of driftwood or interference by stock.

modified form of the opening in the drainagetile upon which my invention is arranged.

My invention has one or more. preferably a plurality, of cylindrical parts or sections, the lower one, 1, being adapted to fit snugly a proper boss or flange 4 about an inlet-opening 5 in one of the tiles 3 forming the drain. The lower end of this lowermost section 1 is also preferably provided with the opposite recesses 6 to adapt it to fit down closely upon the body of the tile 3, which may be done when the opening 5 has no flange i, as when this opening is simply a hole broken in the tile after it has been laid and been long in use.

The upper section 2 is mounted upon the section 1 by telescoping their adjacent ends and are rigidly interlocked as follows: On the outer perimeter of the section 1 and near its upper end are arranged a plurality of wedgelike lugs 7, adapted for an interlocked engagement with a corresponding series of recesses 8 upon the inner face of the adjacent end of the telescoping section 2. These sections 1 and 2 are provided with a series of lateral perforations 9 of proper size to freely admit the surface water. v g

The upper section 2 has at or near its upper end a plurality of wedge-shaped lugs similar in form and arrangement to the said lugs 7 and has its upper end closed by a cap 11, which has upon' the inner face of its flange 12 a plurality of recesses 13, adapted for an interlocking engagement with the said lugs 10, thereby rigidly securing the said cap in position. This cap preferably has its upper surface convex, as shown, and may have a series of suitable perforations therein, if desired, as in case where a considerable quantity of runningwater is discharged into my improved inlet.

In use the upper end of the perforated cylindrical section 2 projects a proper distance above the surface to receive the water without interference with the tillage of the soil about the same.

It is obvious that when the sections 1 and 2 are thus interlocked and surmounted by the interlocked cap 11 my improved inlet will be secure against displacement and will prevent all manner of driftwood and rubbish from entering the tile drain with which it is connected. While only one tubular section having a cap IOO plurality of interlocking perforated sections, united by the union of Wedge-shaped lugs and 5 corresponding recesses, and provided with a closing-cap upon its outer end having an interlocked union therewith, as described.

Signed by me at Fort Wayne, Allen county, State of Indiana, this 23d day of April, A. D. 20 1904:.

HENRY N. NEIREITER.

Witnesses:

M. ETHEL COOKIE, WVAT'rs P. DENNY. 

